Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] around the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I joined one of the work-parties and helped rebuild cleits and repair storm damage around the cottages . |
| 2 | Are we having a boat rip around the needles ? |
| 3 | The Carrion swoop around the adventurers , but make no attempt to carry anyone off . |
| 4 | Places to avoid : We would n't recommend the glass-bottom boat tour around the reefs of Nassau . |
| 5 | Kate dug them in the meadow grass around the trees in the orchard ( which has only one fruiting tree ) , accompanied now by just two huge sentimental wolfhounds , Petra and Titan , which ‘ trundle about ’ following wherever she goes . |
| 6 | Bellamy led over 200 children on a nature trail around the grounds of the hostel before cutting the ribbon to declare the hostel officially open . |
| 7 | John accused me of wimpish behaviour , so we did the tourist bit around the pits . |
| 8 | Cut away the waste wood around the ears with the coping saw , and use the 1in shallow gouge to further shape them and the nostrils so that they angle back at each side . |
| 9 | The elegant proportions of the building , the elaborate stucco work around the windows , discreet shutters and occasional small , stone balcony give it an air of elegance and tranquillity . |
| 10 | One popular excursion enjoyed by Citalia guests , is an old-fashioned steamer ride around the lakes . |
| 11 | 4 See birds , bats and moths on a circular evening walk around the dykes , grazing marshes and peaceful waters of Horsey Mere in the Norfolk Broads. 8pm to 10pm from Horsey Mill car park . |
| 12 | Throughout the year , small change was collected by the post desk , but in November , Nancy took the collection tin around the offices where staff contributed generously towards a total of £136 . |
| 13 | Well we lasso granddad around the legs ! |
| 14 | Using a Leitz diamond slide marker , score a circle in the plastic coating around the cells required for EM analysis . |
| 15 | Among the groups in Essex who carried on the tradition yesterday were members of the Great Tey Footpath Preservation Society and villagers from neighbouring Chappel , who teamed up for a 14-mile walk around the boundaries of the two parishes . |
| 16 | Leith shot a glance at Naylor , seated next to her , who was n't even a tinge pink around the ears at his aunt 's revealing what , since there were others in her particular line who were far more senior , must surely be a lie . |
| 17 | What must it be like for the lads in Riyadh or Tehran , watching the women of their choice swoop around the supermarkets in twenty-five yards of black drapery ? |
| 18 | Wood expands and contracts with temperature and humidity changes , so it 's important to leave a gap of ½″ per board yard of floor space around the edges of the room when you lay new wood flooring . |
| 19 | To construct a mathematical model , the designer must translate the essential characteristics of a real world phenomenon , such as air flow around the wings of a fighter aircraft , into a set of mathematical equations . |
| 20 | Communist influence was strongest in the trade unions and amongst unemployed , and in the period of union militancy around the miners ' strike many of the anxieties about extremism were aired . |
| 21 | The Gurkhas occupy a depth position around the oilfields . |
| 22 | 1 Guided six hour walk around the foothills of the Old Man of Coniston . |
| 23 | The host mud around the concretions contain FeS but little siderite . |
| 24 | Schoolchildren delivered cans for recycling and took part in a treasure hunt around the gardens , Fairdell Park and Marton West Beck . |
| 25 | The most effective prevention for leeches was not our trouser elastics , as we had believed , but a squirt of insect repellent around the tops of our boots . |
| 26 | ‘ I ride a mountain bike around the roads and my wife , Sandra , will drag me out even if I am shattered , ’ he says . |